Wo(ta) (RE: argument structure k'u etc.)

[Koontz John E]

On Tue, 5 Apr 2005, Jimm GoodTracks wrote:
> For what it's worth:
> IOM:
> haji, I eat; raji, you eat; ruje, he/she/it eats.

Since IOM has the same pattern as Winnebago and Dakotan, there's no
question of Dakotan influence in Winnebago.  It looks like an old pattern.
Incidentally, this pattern is not found in Dhegiha, but perhaps mainly
because a new verb 'to eat' *rathe has been innovated.  I think Bob found
some traces of *rute as 'to dip up', e.g., in Kaw.  I don't remember if he
had identified the source of *rathe.